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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 23 December 2024
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Question reference: S5W-20189

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recently published figures, which record that, since 2015, six women have been killed by an abusive partner, ex-partner or stalker whom they had previously reported to Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-20195

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, what action it is taking to improve protection for women at risk of attack from an abusive partner, ex-partner or stalker whom they have reported to Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-20107

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government who is responsible for paying for any works for the maintenance and upkeep of the B979 Netherley Road while it is subject to increased traffic during delays to the opening of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).

Question reference: S5W-20112

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether any penalties will be issued to Aberdeen Roads Limited as a result of delays in opening the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).

Question reference: S5W-20110

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what lessons it has learned regarding contract drafting and procurement from the process for work done on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR), and how these lessons will be disseminated to (a) the A96 project and (b) other major infrastructure works in the north east.

Question reference: S5W-20111

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what impact there will be on future contract awards for Aberdeen Roads Limited and associated contractors as a result of delays to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).

Question reference: S5O-02696

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what the clear-up rate for housebreakings is.

Question reference: S5W-20097

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the finding in the report by the Auditor General, The 2017/18 audit of the Scottish Police Authority, that, during 2017-18, Police Scotland spent (a) £4.3 millionon consultancy fees and (b) £4 million on agency staff, and what ministerial involvement there was with the decisions that led to this expenditure.

Question reference: S5W-20095

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comment in the report by the Auditor General, The 2017/18 audit of the Scottish Police Authority, that there has been “insufficient progress” in developing Police Scotland’s workforce and estates strategies.

 

 

Question reference: S5W-20099

  • Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comment in the report by the Auditor General, The 2017/18 audit of the Scottish Police Authority, regarding the BTP merger that "Given the range of transformational challenges facing the Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland there is a risk that the ongoing uncertainty continues to absorb resources at the expense of wider strategic objectives".